Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27
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That the most humiliating ioa&uro Of mod
! ern socissy ~ 10 b found In the artifices d
! those who wish 70 " gst on " In the fashion
| sbls world has often enough beeu remarkedi
/ yet there 10 sill room for amssemont q the
/ Ingenuity Of the devicee 10 Which onobo will
resort we have he'd . good many weddisg1
/ receutly In the neighboshood Of Boston, end
smoug other brides Of high social p0siljUo
! hes been Mlss X, Whose family - rather
noaed for its exclusivsossa When The invt'
tasious for the wedding were sent out AfA
A., woman who IL really dsvoursd By 70.
cisl ambition, WIS NOT included 10 the lmt Of
guests. She hsd mst MIRA X. snd he'd some.
what oversteppsd the strict propriesses OF gu,
called upon that exclusives ledy. NOW, ene
wee doubtless much chsgrined ct mot receiv.
Ing card for . wedding which We 70 b.
very large one. but she wss y no msans %
the invitations went out Mira A. sene Aise
Y. valuable and we'll selecs0d ptoCo Of
plate ~ . wedding git Miss X, IN the prt-
vscy Of select circle Of intimate frienou, Do
clasod that she would not have the present.
Il vaa ureed upon her that she certainly
could not return II
I" hut win mot acknowledged she de-
clsred sngrily.
f" But then, my dear. he. mother said,
You cannot 30 rude. and especially tos no
ii don't care, !" persisted the daughter, ~
will not invite her. anyway. Tbis v my
sss ssSn S.n: o.S sSa an s S;os wn ws hsf rum
Hut OF course, In the snd, Mira A. IVES In
vited, and she appeared at the wedding with
the cir OF being tho most intimete frieno o.
hA - uaA
story, but Mrs. A. II clever enough 70 make
the fact that she was there tell for good deal
In her struggle up the social heiehA
A still more amazing trick wss resorted 70
ception where she wished TO appear. She
wrote to the hostess. 70 whom she had never
even been presented, that ahe hed lady
high in Washington society staying with her,
and that It was 10 much the custom 10 wen.
ington To attend receptions unin vited that her
friend hsd seen no impropristy IN telling
some acquaintsnces that she would meet
them at this gathering. The not0 went on 70
say that - hostess the writer wes put IN 20
awk ward position that she had veutured to
lay the cass before the lady giving the entsr-
tainmsnt hoping that she would b. willing
70 send cards 70 herself and the stranger. Ou
this occasion the scheme IVES failure. The
note vas answered merely By . formal 70
gret that the list OF guests having been
made up before the receipt OF Mrs. -
note, Il was iinpossibl0 To oOmply with hor
request The lady from WsshtOgton prob.
sbiy never knew Of the use msde OF her
mama At least she did not present herself
at the reception.
And speaking Of the Washington vice OF
intruding upon social gatherinks, which hes
become 40 much OF q scandal that II 10 strange
hostesses ut the capital do not tn self.defenso
resort to the device OF demanding cards at
the door, . lady OF that city told me recently
OF her own OK xperleOoat
81 sent out invitations, " she said, " 70
800 Anywhere but in Washington that
would have meant abOut 600 guests. or.
dared supper for l 600. About 200 came.
When supper was served . mob precipitated
itself on the dining room, and OF course the
uninyited were first on hand. Not very
long after went myself to see that the vile
of Senator O., whom especially wanted TO
bs polite to. had something TO eat The din.
ing room looked ~ " It had beon sacked BY
. famished armv. l looked about aud said
sssis II you % are ks:s:sa s " :soSsS % . e 81 IT. i,
and over there IL half an orange. Thas y
positively all there was left, and the caterer
said I was fortunate that the mob did not
carry of the dishes snd tho furniture.
Party giving In Washington has come to ba
. mere opening your house to . mob o
people you wouldn't know for the world, and
for my part AN stick Of Il l shall give
dinner parties hereafter. That will take care
Of the people mos; care about, and the rest
must GO /"
Happily, wa have not come to this In Bos.
ton, but people do make frantic efforts to get
into the proper sets, resortinK TO tricks TOD
snobbsh ana mean to be endursble, or, In.
deed, believesole, did not one know that
they exist.-BOsto1 letter, PrOpidence Jour
nal